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SUBARU EXPLORATIONS OF EXO-SOLAR PLANETS AND DISKS

  • TAMURA MOTOHIDE
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.319-324
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    • 2005
  • To date, more than 150 exo-solar planets have been observed by various methods such as spectroscopic, photometric, astrometric, gravitational lensing, pulsar timing methods. However, all these are indirect methods; they do not directly image the planets. Only free-floating planets or their 'ana-log' have been directly detected so far. Thus the next milestone is the direct imaging of any kinds of planetary mass objects orbiting around normal (young) stars, which might have been associated with protoplanetary disks, the sites of planet formation. I will describe some SUBARU efforts to detect self-luminous young giant planets as companions as well as direct imaging of the protoplanetary disks of ${\~}$100 AU size. The results of near-infrared coronagraphic imaging with adaptive optics are briefly presented on AB Aur, HD 142527, T Tau, and DH Tau. Our results demonstrate the importance of high-resolution (${\~}$0.1 arcsec) direct imaging over indirect observations such as modeling based on spectral energy distributions. The SUBARU observations are a prelude to ALMA from the morphological point of view.

Nerveous System Diseases Associated with Psychiatric Disorders (정신과적 장애와 연관되는 신경계 질환들)

  • Lee, Dae-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.286-293
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    • 1996
  • The studying and teaching of behavioral neurology remain in their infancy. As the arena for studying how the brain subserves cognition, emotion and consciousness, behavioral neurology straddles the boundaries of numerous, more established disciplines-extending from the most fundamental explorations of molecular biology to the broadest questions of philosophy. In behavioral neurology, the area of neural dysfunction as well as the pathogenesis must be determined. There are cases in which a more thorough mental status examination must be performed. These are practically the cases with known or suspected brain lesions and acute psychiatric disorders.

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Analysis of the Mid-IR spectrometer specification for lunar and planetary explorations

  • Kim, Eojin;Seo, Haingja;Kim, Joo Hyeon;Lee, Joo Hee
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.97.2-97.2
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    • 2013
  • 달 및 행성탐사선에 탑재된 적외선 분광기는 태양계 행성들의 지표 및 대기 성분 관측을 위해 널리 활용되고 있다. 적외선 분광기 관측 영역 중 $3-5{\mu}m$ 파장 대에서는 행성의 지표 및 대기에 존재하는 물(얼음), 이산화탄소, 일산화탄소, 메탄, 중수와 같은 여러 성분의 분광선 관측이 가능하다. 이 파장대를 관측한 해외 탐사선 탑재체 사례로는 화성의 경우 Mars Express에 탑재된 OMEGA와 PFS, 소행성의 경우 ROSETTA에 탑재된 VIRTIS 등이 해당된다. $3-5{\mu}m$ 파장대의 분광기는 국내에서 개발 사례가 없으며 해외에서도 달 탐사선에 탑재된 바가 없어 달 얼음과 관련된 다른 파장대의 자료와 상호보완이 가능한 자료를 제공할 것으로 기대된다. 본 연구에서는 달 및 행성탐사를 위한 $3-5{\mu}m$ 파장 영역을 탐사하는 적외선 분광기의 요구사양을 그 과학임무에 비추어 제안하고자 한다.

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Metatechnology: Correspondence of the Arts, Sciences, Technology and Humans

  • Joongsun Yoon;In Hwang;Sungho Chang
    • International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.71-78
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    • 2000
  • Current Western-dominated paradigms of technology are based on a reductionstic view, i.e., machines evolve to an intelligent but isolated object form by serially integrating precise subtechnology, humans and the environment through K rperlichkeit(corporeality or philosophy of Mom), is explored. Parallelism based on holism and embodiment, and relative interactions based on correspondence and interrelationships, are the key ideas in the proposed paradigm. An interactive system, called the Emotional intelligence Interface and Performance System(EIPS), is proposed and implemented to explore the proposed interactive technology paradigm. Also, recent collaborations by ASTA(Arts, Sciences & Technology in Asia), an interdisciplinary project team of artists and engineers, are introduced to demonstrate these explorations.

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Analysis on Using the History of Mathematics in Chinese Mathematics Textbooks (중국 수학 교과서의 수학사 활용 분석)

  • Chang, Hyewon
    • Journal for History of Mathematics
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.15-29
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    • 2015
  • This study aims to analyze how the history of mathematics is used in Chinese mathematics textbooks. As a framework for analysis, we categorized nine types of using the history of mathematics in textbooks. We analyzed 18 mathematics textbooks for Chinese elementary and middle schools. As a result, we found that various types of using the history of mathematics were adopted in Chinese textbooks except for explorations of mathematical errors in history. We also noticed three characteristics: preference to using for motivation and reading matters in elementary school levels, high frequencies of using problems from traditional mathematical books and origins of mathematical concepts or symbols, and emphasis on ethnic superiority through the Chinese traditional mathematics. Based on the results of analysis, we discussed and induced some implications for using the history in our mathematics textbooks.

Explorations of Evidence-based Policymaking (EBPM) for Reconciling Science and Policy: Developing a Conceptual Framework for Improved Understanding of EBPM in Wind Industry Emergence

  • Lee, Kyounglim;Platts, Jim;Minshall, Tim
    • STI Policy Review
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.146-173
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    • 2015
  • This study explores how to reconcile science and policy in the wind energy sector by providing a conceptual framework for better understanding evidence-based policymaking (EBPM). Regarding this framework, the core issue is to discover how knowledge is formed over time, and which factors affect this knowledge formation. Comparative cases of wind industry emergence in Spain and Britain are examined. This analysis shows that knowledge formation initially starts in the scientific arena in parallel with its formation in the practical, and is followed by political knowledge formation near the beginning of commercial projects. Regarding knowledge formation, three more comparisons are made between wind industry emergence in Spain and Britain: the different approaches to R&D projects, the different adoptions of supporting measures, and the different ways of coping with public opposition. The factors affecting the comparisons are mainly perceptions of energy supply, nuclear power, environment and science and technology. Communication and unfamiliarity are likely to affect the comparisons in EBPM.

Development of Hovering AUV Test-bed for Underwater Explorations and Operations

  • Byun, Seung-Woo;Choi, Hyeung-Sik;Kim, Joon-Young
    • International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.218-224
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    • 2013
  • This paper describes the design and control of a hovering AUV test-bed and analyzes the dynamic performance of the vehicle using simulation programs. The main purpose of this vehicle is to carry out fundamental tests of its station keeping, attitude control, and desired position tracking. Its configuration is similar to the general appearance of an ROV for underwater operations, and its dimensions are $0.75m{\times}0.5m{\times}0.5m$. It has four 450-W thrusters for longitudinal/lateral/vertical propulsion and is equipped with a pressure sensor for measuring the water depth and a magnetic compass for measuring its heading angle. The navigation of the vehicle is controlled by an onboard Pentium III-class computer, which runs with the help of the Windows XP operating system. This provides an appropriate environment for developing the various algorithms needed for developing and advancing a hovering AUV.

A Case Study of Procedural and Conceptual Knowledge Construction in the Computer Environments

  • Lee, Joong-Kwoen
    • Research in Mathematical Education
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.81-93
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    • 2004
  • This study investigated three preservice teachers' mathematical problem solving among hand-in-write-ups and final projects for each subject. All participants' activities and computer explorations were observed and video taped. If it was possible, an open-ended individual interview was performed before, during, and after each exploration. The method of data collection was observation, interviewing, field notes, students' written assignments, computer works, and audio and videotapes of preservice teachers' mathematical problem solving activities. At the beginning of the mathematical problem solving activities, all participants did not have strong procedural and conceptual knowledge of the graph, making a model by using data, and general concept of a sine function, but they built strong procedural and conceptual knowledge and connected them appropriately through mathematical problem solving activities by using the computer technology.

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Heliospheric Current Sheet Probe

  • Yu, Yi
    • International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Korean Journal of Geophysical Research
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.12-17
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    • 1995
  • Space explorations by spacecraft have detected the solar wind and the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), whose existences had been suggested to explain the narrow comet plasma tail formation before the space age. Thereafter, a global magnetic structure seperating the opposite polarity regions of IMF in the heliosphere was discovered (Wilcox and Ness, 1965). It is called helispheric current sheet (HCS). Comets have been proved as the useful heliospheric probes. Recently, another capability of comet as a probe of HCS was suggested by Yi (1994). In the process of comet plasma tail disconnection events (EDs) showing the ray folding and main tail severance between the folding rays (Brandt, 1982), the folding rays preceding DE might be the visualization of HCS draped around comet, In order to test this new idea, the association of comet Halley 16 DEs with comet crossings of HCS confirmed by spacecraft observations at the time of comet Halley apparition 1985~1986 was investigated.

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Explorized Policy Iteration For Continuous-Time Linear Systems (연속시간 선형시스템에 대한 탐색화된 정책반복법)

  • Lee, Jae-Young;Chun, Tae-Yoon;Choi, Yoon-Ho;Park, Jin-Bae
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.61 no.3
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    • pp.451-458
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    • 2012
  • This paper addresses the problem that policy iteration (PI) for continuous-time (CT) systems requires explorations of the state space which is known as persistency of excitation in adaptive control community, and as a result, proposes a PI scheme explorized by an additional probing signal to solve the addressed problem. The proposed PI method efficiently finds in online fashion the related CT linear quadratic (LQ) optimal control without knowing the system matrix A, and guarantees the stability and convergence to the LQ optimal control, which is proven in this paper in the presence of the probing signal. A design method for the probing signal is also presented to balance the exploration of the state space and the control performance. Finally, several simulation results are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed explorized PI method.